Education

The District currently has 137 primary schools (Government aided – 84 and private/community – 53). The total enrollment in Government-aided schools stand at  86,906 (Male 46,484, Female 40,422). There are 17 Secondary Schools (Government aided – 7 and private – 10) and 64 Early Child Development centres. The are seven (7) Non Formal Education Centres. There are  four (4) renown  Business Technical Vocational Education Training Institutions (BTVET) i.e. Comboni Technical – Angal,  Women Vocational tTraining Centre – Goli, Smart-up Youth Training Centre and Akaba Vocational School.

Regarding infrastructure, the District has 574 permanent classrooms and 743 latrine stances for learners while 164 are for teachers. The District has got 12,025 desks.

Staffing

The District has got 1,023 teachers in Primary Schools and 161 Secondary School teachers. The current staff gap for primary schools is 689.

Physical Education and Sports                 

The District has been participating in ball games and athletics at zonal, county, district up to national levels. However the district sports office is incapacitated by the inadequacy of sports equipment. The most needed is a district sports recreation centre/stadium and transport.

Special Needs Education.

There is one (1) unit for Special Needs Education (Angal Girls Primary School Annex for the blinds). Children with special needs are also enrolled in various primary schools in the district. However their normal learning process is hindered due to lack or inadequate required learning facilities.

Below is a summary detail of education sector.

ITEM FY 2015/16 FY 2016/17 2017/18 2019/2020   2021/2022
No. of P/Schools- Government 172 166 91 84 84
No. of P/Schools- Private/Community 19 11 18 54 53
No. of Sec. Schools-Private 15 15 12 12 10
No. of Sec. Schools-Government 11 11 6 6 7
BTVET – Private 02 02 02 02 04
BTVET – Government 01 01 00 00 00
Tertiary 00 00 00 00 00
PLE Performance DIV.1- 100 (Overall 89.9% passed) DIV.1- 38 (Overall 89% passed) DIV.1- 47 (Overall 96.2% passed) DIV.1- 51 (Overall 95.1% passed in 2020 passed)
Classrooms 934 940 561 574  586
Latrines stances constructed 1201 1226 663 698  813
No. of Staff Houses 196 196 131 135  135
Number of Desks 18514 10,449 10,970  12,025
Enrollment 113,789 161,599 67,497 72,074  86,906
Number of Primary Sch. teachers 1,612 1,145 975 1,097  1,023
Pupils – Teacher Ratio 67:1 109:1 68:1 68:1 52:1 85:1
Pupils – Classroom Ratio 76:1 171:1 119:1 126:1 52:1 1:148
Pupil – Desk Ratio 5:1 8:1 6:1 7:1 3:1 7:1
Pupils-Latrine Stance Ratio 73:1 135:1 100:1 103:1 40:1 107:1
Pupils-Book Ratio 4:1 4:1 4:1 4:1 3:1 7:1
Teacher – Teachers House Ratio 8:1 8:1 7:1 8:1 1:1 8:1
Number of ECD 83 108 78